diff --git a/hack/validate-gofmt.bash b/hack/validate-gofmt.bash
index 166d2432f6..a5ee7fa8bb 100755
--- a/hack/validate-gofmt.bash
+++ b/hack/validate-gofmt.bash
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # and is passing for certain directories in the project.
 #
 # Here we use `go list` to help determine which packages
-# we need to check for `go gmt`
+# we need to check for `go fmt`
 #
 # EXIT 0 - The check is successful
 # EXIT 1 - The check has failed
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ for PKG in $PKGS; do
         exit 1
     fi
 done;
-exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
+exit 0